Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver • Suppression of Evidence • Search of Clothing Pockets • Scope of Search Warrant
Commonwealth v. Petty, PICS Case No. 17-0424 (Pa. Super. March 10, 2017) Shogan, J. (11 pages).
Police were authorized to search the pockets of defendant’s pants, which he was not wearing, because a valid search warrant of a premises permitted police to search any container found on the premises, including any personal property not on the person of a visitor of the premises, that could contain the object of the search. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.
